Oporto

Crossed the bridge, then the Covid test

After the tuk-tuk tour in Oporto, Portugal, ended on the hill on the Gaia side, we crossed the Dom Luis I Bridge and returned to the Porto side. It was a bridge that…

Oporto

Along the river

The second half of the tuk-tuk tour in Oporto, a town in northern Portugal. We had a commemorative photo taken on a hill along the Douro River. As I learned at that time,…

Oporto

A tuk-tuk tour here, too

On the second day in Oporto, a town in northern Portugal, we booked a tuk-tuk tour around the town. This is the second time to have a tuk-tuk tour after Lisbon a few…

Favorite Destinations

Some Favorite travel destinations

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Oporto

Walking around town with hunger

We left our luggage in the Airbnb in Oporto, a town in northern Portugal, and immediately went out to the town. Because we were hungry. As usual, my husband searched for a restaurant…

Lisbon

Various things in Lisbon

We returned to Lisbon’s Rossio station from Sintra, Portugal, and then took a taxi to the Parliament building near our home (Airbnb). From here, we walked to Naco, a delicatessen shop that we…

Sintra and vicinity

Kitsch taste of the Portuguese royal family

The Sintra National Palace in the middle of the town of Sintra in Portugal was as eccentric as the Pena Palace on the mountain. For example, “Swan Room” (pictured on the cover), which…